It’s back-to-school, which means publishers are flooding the market with their stronger titles with an eye to Christmas and the holidays. I spared you my take on the new Sally Rooney (a book that doesn’t need any further representation), but here’s a list of a few other heavy hitters as well as some slightly more…
With every generation comes paranoia that new cultural mediums will obliterate what came before. The arrival of wireless sets into households saw commentators grumble that people would stop reading books. When home television sets arrived, there was widespread worry that it spelled the end of radio. All that is to say that, while the way…
This is part two of Lorenzo Villa’s Italian summer on a Vespa. Read Part 1: Riviera Romagnola and Piadina here. Traveling 1000 km on a Vespa can lead to exciting surprises. You are quite free to change the itinerary and decide on-the-spot to continue on to an unplanned destination. This is what happened to us…
There’s only one time of the year that is unarguably peak San Francisco, and that is September. That’s when the fog retreats toward the Pacific and the heat is high but not wildfire hot and denizens from every pocket of the city come out for buttery garlic noodles, exquisite espresso, and rich cioppino cozy enough…
This week was a busy one for all of us at Tara Downs Gallery – even though we didn’t participate in the Armory this year, we still had many clients, colleagues, and old friends come to town, not to mention to a major, double opening at the gallery: Violet Dennison’s exhibition Damaged Self and Preslav Kostov’s…
Of course, on this occasion it would be convenient to speak once again of the enchantment and splendour of the Italian coasts in summer, to linger over the vertical photos and videos on Instagram (which are often more real than reality), over the white tablecloths overlooking the sea, smeared with coffee and fruit: in other…
Celebrating the enduring appeal of printed art in all its forms, Available Works will return to downtown Manhattan this weekend. Presented by Something Special Studios (SSS*), Water Street Associates (WSA), and Wrong Answer, the two-day event will be hosted within the expansive surrounds of the recently opened cultural hub, WSA. Housed in a towering 1980s…
The leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora, 1-54 will return to London’s Somerset House from 10–13 October 2024 — this year featuring 60 exhibitors from 23 countries. Ahead of the fair’s launch, 1-54’s Founding Director Touria El Glaoui offers Something Curated an exclusive glimpse into what we…